Palmeral of Elche

Elche has not just one or two, which would be an incredible achievement, but three cultural assets registered in different categories of the UNESCO World Heritage List. In 2000 the historic Palm Grove was the first to receive this distinction, and it was followed a year later by the Mystery Play of Elche, the first Spanish cultural event to be declared a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible World Heritage. In 2009, the Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage agreed to include in the Register of Exemplary Practice the Centre of Traditional Culture – School Museum of Pusol. Three prestigious distinctions in recognition of the three assets which make us unique.